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PLANNING & COMMUNITY
DEVELOPMENT
COMMITTEE
August 23, 2004
MINUTES
I.
CALL TO ORDER
The meeting was called to order AT 5:00 PM in the City Council Chambers by Chair
Sue Singer. Committee members present were Member Nancy Backus and Member
Lynne Norman. Also present were Director of Planning Paul Krauss, Parks and
Recreation Director Daryl Faber, Community Development Manager David Osaki,
Traffic Engineer Laura Philpot, Property and Facilities Administrator Lynn Rued,
Planner Bill Mandeville, Economic Development Planner Al Hicks, Assistant Planning
Secretary Carolyn Brown
Guest present is Mark Hancock, for Sister Cities
II. APPROVAL OF MINUTES
Chair Singer discussed the correction to the minutes of July 26, 2004. Planning
Director Krauss added that this is the first set of minutes consistent with the new
format. The committee discussed the correction of minutes. Planning Director Krauss
said he will discuss with recording secretary.
Council member Backus moved to accept the minutes of the July 26 meeting as
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corrected. 2 by Council member Norman. Minutes of the August 9, 2004 meeting
were approved as read.
III. ACTION
A. Call for Public Hearing for Consolidated Plan. Council member Norman moved to
approve and a second by Council member Backus. Chair Singer concurred.
At this time Mayor Lewis introduced the new Economic Development Manager Holly
Ryan.
IV. DISCUSSION
A. Non-motorized Plan.
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Chair Singer stated she is very interested in the time line for the non-motorized plan.
and how A Street SE and R Street SE will be affected. Traffic Engineer Philpot said
the R Street SE plan will include bike paths. Currently there is only enough width along
R Street SE to have parking on the west side with no parking on the east side. Chair
Singer asked if the street will be widened. Traffic Engineer Philpot answered no. There
will be $75,000 in the budget for a feasibility study of R Street SE and Auburn Black
Diamond Road. Also, will widen shoulders and resurface roadway. This will be a
temporary fix to the shoulders of Auburn Black Diamond Road. Next year the City will
redo the roadway along R Street to the city limits/RR tracks. Committee discussed how
the streets will connect once the M Street crossing is done.
The committee discussed where the City is regarding a Green River Trail. Traffic
Engineer Philpot said the City will know better next year after the study. Chair Singer
said it appears the City is concentrating more on Auburn Black Diamond Road rather
then R Street. Traffic Engineer Philpot said one of the R Street connections staff is
looking at is to Game Farm Park, as there is enough width.
Chair Singer asked if the A Street trail will be on the RR side. Traffic Engineer Philpot
said actually the project has been moved further out in the future. The obstacles along
the A Street SE are businesses and the RR spur line along the likely trail route. Mayor
Lewis added that there is no place to landscape. The Committee discussed a plan for a
loop around Auburn which is probably a 20 year idea.
Chair Singer asked about a possible trail along West Valley Highway. Traffic Engineer
Philpot said that will be considered next year because of wetland issues. Chair Singer
said there has been significant progress as what has happened in the last few years.
Traffic Engineer Philpot said a sidewalk inventory has been done. There is $100,000 in
budget this year for sidewalk improvements. The committee then discussed how the
money could be allocated as there is a lot of needs in local streets.
B. Auburn’s Sisters Cities Plan
Mark Hancock gave an overview of Auburn’s Sister City Plan. He said that Al Hicks,
Economic Development Planner is the City representative for Sister Cities. Sister Cities
International is the umbrella group. The group was started for a variety of reasons,
such as friends, businesses, a link with another city. Trying to sustain the relationship
is the hard part. Overtime, the Lions Club is the organization that has sustained the
Sister Cities connection with the City in Japan. 24 people from the City of Auburn went
on a trip to Japan in 1998. It would be nice to see the City of Auburn add a link on their
website to the city in Japan.
At this time the group is still working on a development with a City in Italy. Auburn also
has a Fiji relationship and is hoping Rotary will be become the sponsoring organization.
There has also been a town in Ireland and one in Australia.
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Mark mentioned that funding is tough to come by but there are local grants and
national grants that can be accessed for funding for sister cities. There is a need for
subcommittees, sponsors and oversight committees. Mark Hancock and
Councilmember Backus will meet later to discuss possible contacts.
C. Design for the Artwork for the new Public Safety Building
Parks and Recreation Director Faber displayed how the integration of artwork into the
design will be done before the building is completed. There is usually a ‘50’s or ‘60’s
look when neon is used. This artwork will be using sub lighting, rather then neon. It will
appear like neon, but not as bright. This particular work will be along the Massey front
design of the building (the part that goes up) and will be on both side of the building
sign. Internally in the building, will be the same type of artwork down the hallway. Both
the architect and artist are cooperating in the design.
D. Front Yard Parking in Residential Zones.
David Osaki, Community Development Administrator stated that occasionally code
enforcement receives complaints regarding front yard parking. There is nothing in the
code that really addresses the surfacing requirements of additional cars and what is
excessive such as, trailers, RV’s, etc. Planning Director Krauss added that parking in
the front yard does not look good and often is related to other problems. David Osaki
asked if the PCD still interested in pursing the issues of front yard parking. After some
discussion Council member Backus said she liked the percentages that SeaTac used
for their ordinance. Mayor Lewis asked if this is the direction that the city wants to go.
Chair Singer would like staff to come back with an ordinance similar to the one the City
of SeaTac has developed.
E. Parks Plan Update
Parks and Recreation Director Faber highlighted areas of the plan. It is still a work in
progress. Chapter 1 is an overview; Chapter 2 projection of population and shows that
71% of population is using parks, and 90% is rated high. The recreation guide is
widely used and Chapter 2 also shows income levels, topo, and history. Later chapters
will have GIS maps and aerials, hand drawings, etc. Chapter 3 is the needs
assessment and areas of need. Demands for field needs are being met for baseball,
etc., but there is alack of soccer fields and indoor gym usage. Part of the plan goals
are trails, community facility and maintain existing parks system. Chapter 4 is the
balance of the program and addresses property acquisition. Parks and Recreation
Director Faber discussed impact fees, especially for smaller developments. Chair
Singer gave a little background on history of impact fees for parks. The City Council
did not decide on a standard fee. Parks and Recreation Director Faber wanted to
match the CFP with a need and probably looking at every home and multi family.
Discussed the ways of developing impact fees to keep housing costs down.
Councilmember Backus asked if impact fees were for new parks or maintenance for
older parks. Parks and Recreation Director Faber answered that they are not for
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maintenance. But could be used to improve a facility or add a building (bathrooms,
etc.). Discussed trails and would there to ¼ mile of trails per 1000 population.
Chapter 6 will be arts and the plan has never had an arts component. As there needs
to have policy, maintenance and funding of artwork. Discussion of funding to maintain
the artwork. The arts budget has two parts. Discussion of maintenance. Chapter 7
covers open space. Parks and Recreation Director Faber said the City has great
dividers – freeways and the river. Chapter 8 covers trails. There is the Mill Creek
corridor and the Auburn Environmental Park and there will be a lot of funding
opportunities. For instance, the Roegner trail is a work in progress and hope to loop
thru the Kersey III project.
Parks and Recreation Director Faber will have the other 3 chapters done in the next 3
weeks and will get those to the PCD members.
Chair Singer has interviewed candidates for the Community Center project. Mayor
Lewis is looking at an opportunity for the entire community.
F. Budget for Parks and Recreation Department
Parks and Recreation Director Faber informed the Committee that the blue pages
within in the budget show any changes from the previous year. There are some new
items such a few new vehicles, recreation marketing budget, policy changes more
flexible in pricing, and he added if the Committee had any comments to send them to
him electronically.
G. Fair Housing per Consolidated Plan
Overview and Federal interpretations. Planner Bill Mandeville said one section of
Consolidated Plan is on fair housing. 9.64 is the fair housing ordinance which no
longer exists. Planner Mandeville noted that HUD wants the City to do a strategy to
address fair housing issues. The City of Kent is doing an analysis also to meet this
requirement and willing to jointly split the cost. Kent is getting proposals now. Chair
Singer said this is the cheapest way to get this done. The PCD agreed that the City go
ahead and team with Kent.
The Committee held a discussion about the issues in Terminal Park area.
Chair Singer put A Street zoning back on the agenda for the second meeting in
September.
H. Zoning Code – Wireless Communication Facilities
Community Development Manager David Osaki spoke to PCD about a facility that was
over 130 feet tall. A draft amendment was prepared. Community Development
Manager Osaki asked if the code amendment should be processed since the original
need for the amendment no longer exists. Chair Singer said the work has been done,
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staff could go forward and process has used that argument. Daryl could be a nice and
could be about $25k a year.
V. INFORMATION
Councilmember Singer indicated that there are so many items presently going on that a
status matrix similar to one the Public Works committee uses, should be developed.
VI. OLD BUSINESS
Plaza discussion.
The Committee discussed issues related to the plaza. Parks is to proceed with the
landscaping plan. The City is to set a bid on just replacing the brick pavers with new
pavers and return the bid to the PCD for review.
VII. ADJOURNMENT
There being no further business to come before the Planning and Community
Development Committee, the meeting was adjourned at 7:30 p.m.
APPROVED THE ________ DAY OF 2004.
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*******************, Chair ***********************, Secretary
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